A parallelogram has sides of lengths 8 and 7, and one angle is 49°. What is the length of the smaller diagonal? length = What is the length of the longer diagonal? length =
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We can use the sine function to find the height (h) with respect to the angle (49°) and the side length (7). h = 7 * sin(49°) Now, let's find the length of the base of the parallelogram. We can use the cosine function to find the base (b) with respect to the Show more…
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